Neck-yoke



P. J. VBHLEN. Neck-Yoke.

Patented Mar. 30,1880.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PETER J. VEHLEN, of Michigan City, in the county ofLa Porte and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Neck-Yokes, of which the following is a specification.

The object I have in'view is to produce means for connecting theneck-yokes of carriages and wagons with the breast-straps which will bestrong, cheap, and simple, will strengthen instead of weaken the ends,of the yokebar, and will allow the breast-straps to play easily upon theyoke-bar without being rapidly worn thereby and my invention thereinconsists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the partscomposing my device, as fully hereinafter explained.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, Figure 1 is aperspective View of one end of a neck-yoke bar with my device forconnecting the same with the breast-strap secured thereto; Fig. 2, asectional view of the same lengthwise of the yoke-bar; and Fig. 3, aseparate view, in section, of a part of the rollerloop.

Like letters denote corresponding parts in all three figures.

A is a neck-yoke bar, made of wood, as usual, and having its endstapered somewhat. Upon each end of the yoke-bar is placed a metal plateor strap, B, having fiat ends I), which set into recesses a, formed inthe yokebar to receive them, and also having its central portion roundedand bent outwardly to form an eye, 0. This eye plate or strap is heldupon the end of the yoke-bar by two metal bands or sleeves, G D, whichare pushed over the ends of the strap, and are prevented from slippingoff by screws or rivets d, which pass PETER J. VEHLEN, OF MICHIGAN CITY,INDIAISIA.

NECK-YO K'E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,134, dated March30, 1880,

Application filed January 15, 1880.

through holes in the bands and in the ends of 0 the eye-strap.

By securing the eye-strap in this manner to the yokebar said bar isstrengthened instead of being weakened, as is the case when a staplc isused, and there is no tendency to split the bar by the strain upon theeye in use.

Before being secured the eye-strap is passed through the roller-loop E,which is a loop made of metal. This loop is about the size of the eye atthe end connected with such eye, but its sides spread out toward theother end, where it has a straight round end bar, a, made of nearly thesame size as the rest of theloop, so as to give the requisite strength.Upon this end bar is a shell-roller, F, which is prevented from playingendwise .by shoulders f. The breast-strap passes through theloop Earound the roller F, and can play back and forth through such loop withvery little friction, and without the liability of being rapidly wornand becoming weakened.

The whole device is very strong and simple, and is cheap to manufacture.

What I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination, with a neck-yokebar,

of the eye-strap B, secured to its side, one at each end thereof, bymetal bands 0 D, constructed and arranged substantially as described andshown.

2. The combination, with a neck-yoke bar, of the eye-strap B, bands 0 D,loop E, and roller F, constructed and arranged substantially asdescribed and shown.

PETER J. VEHLEN.

Witnesses:

J. A. THORNTON, JARED H. ORR.

